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Insurer Group Reacts to California Department of Insurance Musing on Cat Modeling

Jun 8 2023 // Insurer groups may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with a hint of a possible change in a regulator’s attitude toward the use of catastrophe modeling in the California market for wildfire insurers.The...

California Insurers’ Inability to Price Risk Is Causing Headaches

Jun 7 2023 // California regulations restrict insurers from using sophisticated computer models to consider the rapidly growing wildfire risks from climate change — and that limitation is a factor pushing US insurers out of the...

Texas Insurance Carriers Reported Nearly 100K COVID Claims: DWC Factsheet

Jun 5 2023 // Texas insurance carriers reported nearly 100,000 COVID-19 claims and 472 fatalities to the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), according to a factsheet released this week by...

AM Best: Only Two Impaired Insurers in ’22, Down From 10 in ’21

Jun 5 2023 // Despite the reversal seen in the U.S. equity market and rising inflation and interest rates, property/casualty insurers performed well in 2022, according to the latest report on the long-term impairment rates of AM...

Washington Commissioner Fines Airbnb for Acting as Unauthorized Insurer

Jun 5 2023 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Airbnb $20,000 for acting as an unauthorized insurer in the state.Kreidler also ordered the vacation rental company to obtain a surplus lines insurance policy to...

Alabama DOI Needs Insurers to Light Up the Budding Medical Marijuana Business in the State

Jun 5 2023 // Alabama lawmakers legalized medical marijuana two years ago. But that came with a high hurdle: Dispensaries, growers, processors and other license applicants must have at least $2 million of liability and casualty...

The 2023 Hurricane Season: Are Insurers Prepared for the Growing Risks?

Jun 2 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.As the 2023 Hurricane Season approaches, it is crucial for coastal and inland communities alike to understand and prepare for the potential risks associated with...

ANALYSIS – Breakup of Insurers’ Climate Coalition Driven by U.S. Regulation Fears

Jun 2 2023 // The success of Republicans in triggering the breakup of a coalition of insurance firms aimed at tackling climate change is down to U.S. states being the industry’s primary regulator, interviews with industry...

Florida Governor Signs Insurer Accountability, Wind-Mit Discount Bills Into Law

Jun 1 2023 // Florida’s governor this week signed the Insurer Accountability Act and two other bills that put new restrictions on insurers and require premium discounts for homeowners’ wind-mitigation efforts.Senate Bill...

Cyber Insurance: A Growth Market for Insurers With Some Caveats

May 31 2023 // As demand for cyber insurance continues to grow, insurers must remain vigilant in managing the changing risk associated with the line of coverage.According to today’s DBRS Morningstar’s commentary on the...

Update: List of Insurers Exiting Climate Group Grows, Including Lloyd’s, Tokio Marine

May 30 2023 // The list of firms walking out of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance continued to grow this week, adding to an exodus as the industry struggles to navigate anti-ESG attacks led by the Republican Party.The latest round of...

Reuters: Lloyd’s Register Drops Ships of Top Indian Carrier of Russian Oil

May 26 2023 // Lloyd’s Register has told India’s Gatik Ship Management, which has become a major carrier of Russian oil since the Ukraine war, that it will withdraw certification of 21 of its vessels by June 3, the maritime...

Climate Alliance Sounds Alarm on ‘Political Attacks’ on Insurers

May 26 2023 // “Political attacks” are interfering with insurers’ efforts to price climate risks, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero said on Friday, after a wave of insurers quit an industry climate group...

UPDATE: ESG-Bashing Triggers More Defections From Insurer Climate Group

May 25 2023 // The world’s biggest climate alliance for insurers has started hemorrhaging members, after Republican attorneys general accused the group of antitrust violations.On Thursday, French insurers AXA SA and SCOR SE, as...

Insurer Aviva Says UK Demand for Private Health Jumped Amid NHS Strikes

May 25 2023 // UK insurer Aviva Plc said demand for private health care continued to surge as more individuals and companies look for alternatives to the National Health Service.Private health insurance sales grew 25% in the first...

With Digital Channels Insurers Impress Shoppers but Not Existing Customers

May 25 2023 // Though insurers do a good job attracting new customers shopping for policies via their digital channels, they fall short when it comes to servicing existing customers, a new industry report shows.Overall satisfaction with...

EU Sets Out Plans to Cut Price of Financial Products Offered by Banks, Insurers

May 24 2023 // The European Union set out plans on Wednesday to cut how much retail investors pay banks and insurers for financial products to encourage investment and make its capital market deeper and more efficient.The retail...

Anti-ESG Rhetoric in U.S. Prompts Urgent Talks as Insurers Quit Climate Coalition

May 24 2023 // The world’s biggest climate coalition for insurers is set to hold emergency talks after a wave of defections revealed the extent to which anti-ESG rhetoric in the US is unsettling members.Signatories of the Net Zero...

UN Says U.S. Concerns Have Led to Insurers Quitting Climate Alliance

May 24 2023 // The United Nations Environment Programme on Wednesday said “recent discussions within the United States” had been behind four insurance firms quitting a UN-convened alliance aimed at reducing carbon emissions...

New England Health Insurer Still Dealing With Ransomware Attack

May 24 2023 // Point32Health, the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, is still dealing with a ransomware attack it first reported on April 17. The company has now disclosed that patient information has...